Most of the Tulipa sylvestris bulbs I planted last year are about to come into bloom again, with signs of offsets forming around the original bulbs. The flowers are not yet open, but are fully colored. Also, a dozen T. clusiana in a patch nearby have tripled over the past few years, even tossing seeds out into the nearby lawn, which have now formed bulbs with leaves more than five inches long. No signs of buds above the leaves yet. The surprise in my garden is an Eremerus , which is apparently putting up a new shoot. I thought they all died last year, local weather being simply too wet for them. I planted 3 tubers 2 years back, watched two of them rot apart last spring, and assumed the third didn't even sprout. So here it is, 3 inches tall. It's fate is probably the same as the others; time will tell. Several Camassia leichtlinii are already in flower, much shorter stalks than usual, and much earlier than usual. All three Crinum x powellii have pulled through the winter yet again (10F this time) and are sending up new leaves. Would people tell me about other hardy crinums? I've killed the next 5 that I've tried to grow, mostly due to cold wet winters and young plants, so next time I am prepared to pot the bulbs for a few years and let them get some size on them, and some winter shelter, before inflicting a Pacific Northwest winter on them in the open garden. Meanwhile, I have more than a dozen offshoots about the base of each original bulb, so if people are interested in offshoots of these, I will dig a few up for the BX. Kathleen SW Washington coast, cloudy, balmy 55F and no rain